I was a very successful leadership executive in the video games industry. A ‘woman in games’ for 25 years across the globe (UK, Canada and US). I led and inspired awesome development and publishing teams to deliver AAA franchises such as Skylanders, World of Tanks, James Bond, Quake, Bioshock, LEGO, PGA Tour, WWE. I worked within small Silicon Valley startups to big companies such as Activision-Blizzard, 2K, Wargaming, and Capcom as an Executive Producer accountable for budgets of $100M+.
I was well traveled, I became a US Citizen after obtaining a green card, all through my hard-working career, I lived in high-end cities such as London, Vancouver BC, Santa Monica, San Francisco, and Napa, and I felt good about my family and friends.
When a personal life event happened I woke up! I realized despite being successful and doing well at life, I wasn’t fulfilled, I was living on autopilot, in reaction to what came up getting stressed and annoyed, I was judgmental and critical of myself and others making up stories in my head and building up mistrust, I wasn’t present in most of my conversations because I was constantly caught up in my head and projecting my agenda onto everything, I was holding lots of tension in my body that I was completely unaware of, I was wasting time not being intentional, I used unhealthy habits to relax, I wasn’t achieving my goals. I was not my best self at all.
Through my own personal development and coaching I started to turn my life around. I became intentional and present with as many moments of the day as possible, present and supportive to those around me, curious instead of judgmental, strategic with my time, I moved through life with ease and people around me aspired to be more like me and I attracted many more new friends to my life as well as good fortune.
I realized I wanted to help others get more out of their time and that coaching and speaking would be a great way for me to do this. So, I studied for some time outside of my Executive career. I became a Certified Life Coach, Neuro Linguistic Practitioner, a licensed Spiritual Practitioner and a Credited International Coaching Federation Professional.
I founded Marjorie Dawn Coaching to better support and inspire professionals to operate at their best and be happy doing it.
Julian Widdows, SVP Ex-Activision & Zynga
As an Executive Producer in Video Games and Tech for 25 years across the globe (UK, Canada and US), I led teams of over 250 on franchises such as such as James Bond, LEGO, PGA Tour, with budgets of $100M+. I have also run operations for Silicon Valley startups as a COO, and for my own Executive Coaching business.
Bioshock 4 (in development), LEGO 2K Drive, PGA TOUR 2K23, WWE 2K Battlegrounds, World of
Warplanes, World of Tanks, Skylanders SuperChargers, Skylanders Trap Team, Skylanders SWAP
Force, Dead Rising 3, True Crime: Hong Kong, GoldenEye 007, Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs 007 Quantum of Solace, Call of Duty: World at War, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, The Movies: Stunts and Effects, Warhammer 40k: Glory in Death, Warrior Kings: Battles, Warrior Kings.
Napa, California, United States
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